Living Wisely

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I’m certainly not going to go into print here over whether extra-marital affairs are a good or bad idea. But there are “wisdom” factors that come into play when people decide whether to have an affair or not.

Researchers from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and Bryant University have reported some interesting findings, just published in Kylos.

Men are (overall) 7% more likely to cheat than women. I’m astonished the girls are almost as bad.

Men’s philandering tends to peak at 55 (see my piece on the midlife crisis). Women peak about 45. This is probably because the gene value of sperm declines after 55. With women, they could no longer benefit from improved genes after 45, because they become infertile after menopause.

Women tend to weigh factors including financial stability, education and whether the man is a good candidate to father a child. Sounds biological but still cynical.

The study also found that men were equally likely to cheat among all classes. Whereas with men, the upper class gals were more likely.

Men who have gone to college are 3% less likely to have an affair than other men, while educational status has no impact among women.

People who are unhappy, not unnaturally, are more likely to have an affair: 13% men, 10% women.

Religion doesn’t seem to have much to do with it. Makes no difference on whether men cheat and only 4% less likely in women. So religious caveats on sexual impropriety don’t seem to count for much.

Hypocrisy?

This is going around, so it’s not new. But I love the philosophical twist!

In my next life I want to live my life backwards. You start out dead
and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people’s home
feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go
collect your pension and then, when you start work, you get a gold watch
and a party on your first day. You work for 40 years until you’re young
enough to enjoy your retirement. You party, drink alcohol and are
generally promiscuous and then you are ready for high school.

You then go to primary school, you become a kid and you play. You have no
responsibilities; you become a baby until you are born; and then you
spend your last 9 months floating in luxurious spa-like conditions with
central heating and room service on tap, larger quarters every day and
then….. Voila! You finish off as an orgasm!

I rest my case.

Have you ever heard the line where somebody “green” won’t take money contributions because it’s tainted?

I have a lot of trouble with people who refuse “wrong money”. Many good green and other type magazines have gone to the wall because they were snotty about who their potential advertizers were.

I do not accept that there is any such thing as dirty money. It’s what YOU do with it that counts. Every dollar in circulation has gone through dirty criminal hands somewhere along the line. Who is to judge?

To me the whole concept of refusing “bad money” is intellectual and ethical conceit.

The people who take this stand don’t refuse to drive autos (of course!) or go naked because clothing is manufactured by people who are paid less than they are (of course!)

So in the end it’s just hypocrisy.

What’s important to me is that you can clean up so-called “bad” money by using it wisely to do good in the world. That’s more important then being precious about where you got it.

The truth is that pretty well all money in the world is “bad” if it’s used for bad and “good” if it’s used for good.

I love cooking and slow cooking is good taste and healthy eating. I have always said the Indian-style cooking is pretty much whole food: nothing in the pot but meat, vegetables and spices.

A solar oven like this for slow pot cooking is just great. Limited use in Northern Europe though, where I used to live under (almost) permanent grey skies!